Glove-drying rack



Aril 22, 1930. s. TASCARELLA GLOVE DRYING RACK Filed April 23, 1929 2* w: w: n

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS T Patented Apr. 22, 1930 UNITED STATES SALVATORE TASCARELLA, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK GLOVE-DRYING RACK Application filed April 23,

This invention relates to drying racks, and particularly to an improved rack for drying rubber gloves, the object being to provide a construction wherein rubber gloves used in hospitals and other places may be quickly and thoroughly dried after each washing operation. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a drying rack for rubber gloves or other gloves, wherein all the fingers are held open with the closed end extending upwardly, whereby the gloves may dry outside and inside simultaneously.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drying rack for rubber gloves wherein proper glove supports are provided and means for receiving the drip therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings;-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a drying rack disclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 1 on the line 22, the same being on an enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of part of the tray and its support shown in Figure 1, the tray being illustrated moved a short distance away from the support;

Figure 4 is an end view of the lower part of the rack shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail fragmentary perspective view showing one of the glove supports.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 and 2 indicate uprights or standards connected by suitable bars 3 supported by yokes 4t and 5 carried by suitable caster wheels 6. The various parts just described form a supporting rack on which is mounted brackets 7 and 8 welded or otherwise secured to standards 1 and 2 and acting to loosely support the drip pan or tray 9. On each of the bars 3 is mounted a number of substantially L-shaped arms 10, said arms being welded or otherwise rigidly secured in position. Each arm 10 is provided with a threaded end, as shown in Figure 2, and on each threaded end 11 is mounted a hand 12. Each hand 12, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, is formed with a wrist portion 1929. Serial No. 357,585.

or enlargement 13 which has an internallythreaded bore whereby it may be screwed onto the threaded portion 11 or unscrewed therefrom. The wrist portion or enlargement 13 merges into a cross bar section 14 which in turn merges into the respective fingers 15, 16, 17 and 18. Bar 14 adjacent fingcr 18 merges into an outwardly-extending arc-shaped projection 19 having an upstanding portion 20 acting as a thumb member for receiving the thumb of a glove, while the finger members 15 and 18 will receive the fingers of the glove. It will be, of course, understood that the body of the glove and wrist of the glove will be suitably positioned over enlargement 13 or some part of the arm 10. The glove support or artificial hand shown in Figure 5 is made to represent a right and left (Figure 1) so as to receive right and left gloves and properly accommodate the fingers and thumbs.

In use the parts are arranged as shown, for instance, in Figures 1 and 2, and after the glove has been properly washed and sterilized it is slipped over one of the supporting hands so that the thumb of the hand will fit into the thumb of the glove and the respective fingers of the hand shown in Figure 5 will fit into the respective fingers of the glove. This will allow the glove to drain both inside and out. Where the drainage is considerable it will drop down into the pan 9 so that it may be disposed of in any desired manner. This arrangement permits the gloves to be dried in the house or yard and the glove rack is formed of a size to permit the drying of a comparatively large number of gloves at one time.

What I claim is 1. A drying rack, comprising a pair of upright standards, a plurality of bars connecting said standards, a base for each standard, a bracket carried by each standard, a drip pan carried by said brackets, a plurality of arms supported by said bars, and an articlereceiving member carried by each of said arms, said article-receiving member being offset from one face of said bars to a position vertically above said pan, so that the drip will fall from said article into said pan.

2. A drying rack, including a, supporting structure and an article-receiving member, said article-receiving member being formed with a socket adapted to be screwed'onto a 5 bracket, a flat body merging into a plurality of fingers in the same plane of the body and. into an offset member having a section extending atright angles to-t'h'e body and a section extending at right angles to" the fin- 10 gers.

SALVATORE TASCARELLA. 

